Photo by Ana Popa

Photo by Antoni Kaleta

Alina Andriuti-Shemchuk – piano

Ivan Shemchuk – piano

Alina Andriuti-Shemchuk and Ivan Shemchuk began their piano studies with Jarosław Drzewiecki at the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz in 2013. At about the same time, they created a piano duo and have performed together in Poland, Italy, Romania, Moldova and Slovakia. As a duo, they have also taken part in a number of competitions winning the First Prize at the International Competition ‘Music Seasons in Copenhagen’ in 2014, the Grand Prix at the International Competition ‘Music Without Limits’ in Druskininkai, Lithuania in 2015 and the First Prize at the International Competition ‘Art Duo’ in Prague in 2015, in addition to other awards and accolades.

PROGRAMME

First stage

Stanisław Moniuszko

Contredanses for piano for four hands

    in F major [1^st]

    in F major [2^nd]

    in A major

    in C major

    in G minor

    in D major

Juliusz Zarębski

Divertissement à la polonaise for piano for four hands, Op. 12 No. 1

Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński

Rondo alla polacca Op. 6 for piano for four hands

Final

Maurycy Moszkowski

Spanish Dances for piano for four hands, Op.12

     Allegro brioso

     Moderato

     Con moto

     Allegro comodo

     Bolero

Fryderyk Chopin

Variations in D major on a theme of Thomas Moore after Italian folk melodies for four hands [Op. posth.]

Roman Palester

Sonatina for piano for four hands

     Allegro giusto

     Andante con moto e molto espressivo

     Allegro vivace